ᾅδηςháidēs
properly, unseen, i.e. "Hades" or the place (state) of departed souls
Greek (New Testament) · G86
Meanings
1. in Hom., Hades (Pluto), the god of the underworld.
2. the abode of Hades, the underivorld; in NT, the abode of departed spirits, Hades: ἐν τ. ᾅ., Luke 16:23; εἰς ᾅ., Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31; πύλαι ᾅδου, Matthew 16:18; κλεῖς τοῦ ᾅ., Revelation 1:18; metaphorically, ἕως ᾅ., Matthew 11:23, Luke 10:15; personified, Revelation 6:8, Revelation 20:13, Revelation 20:14.
Same root
- ΑA · G1the first letter of the alphabet; figuratively, only (from its use as a numeral) the first:
- εἴδωeídō · G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) and G3708 (ὁράω); properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 11:23 “And you people of Capernaum, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead. For if the miracles I did for you had been done in wicked Sodom, it would still be here today.
- Matthew 16:18 Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.
- Luke 10:15 And you people of Capernaum, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead.”
- Luke 16:23 and he went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side.
- Acts 2:27 For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.
- Acts 2:31 David was looking into the future and speaking of the Messiah’s resurrection. He was saying that God would not leave him among the dead or allow his body to rot in the grave.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.